Jerry is too colorful

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Movie
German title Jerry is too colorful
Original title Puss Gets the Boot
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1940
length 9 minutes
Rod
Director Rudolf Ising
script William Hanna ,
Joseph Barbera
production Fred Quimby
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Scott Bradley

Jerry drives too colorful is an American animated short film by Rudolf Ising from 1940 and the first animated film to show the animal duo Tom and Jerry .

action

Tom caught Jerry and is playing with him. He always lets him run towards his open mouth, paints a false mouse hole on the wall so that Jerry hits his head several times, and drives the mouse to the edge of despair. When some things break again during the chase, the housekeeper takes action: If Tom breaks a single thing, she will throw him out.

Now Jerry's big hour has come. The mouse immediately stops the next attack attempt by holding a champagne glass over the edge of the table, ready to drop it at any time. It goes even further: She throws all glasses including the tray from the table and Tom has trouble catching all things in time. He devises a ruse and covers the entire floor under the table with pillows. Jerry, however, just continues on the nearest shelf and throws all the decorative plates in the house to the floor. Soon Tom has a huge pile of dishes in his arms and Jerry finally manages to throw a plate out of reach. It breaks and shortly afterwards all of the dishes that Tom is holding due to Jerry's action. The mouse flees into its mouse hole and now happily watches from a safe distance as Tom is thrown out of the house by the housekeeper.

production

Jerry goes too colorful was released in Technicolor on February 10, 1940 .

It was the first Tom and Jerry cartoon and Hanna and Barbera's first collaboration. Although the German title already refers to Jerry, the mouse, neither in the original title nor in the cartoon itself the mouse has a name, while Tom is referred to as Jasper. The appearance of the cat and mouse already resembles the characters Tom and Jerry.

Jerry drives it too colorful is the longest short film about the animal duo with a length of nine minutes. The original title Puss Gets the Boot refers to the English title of Puss cat , Puss in Boots .

Awards

Jerry drives too colorful was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Animated Short Film ” in 1941 , but could not prevail against The Milky Way .

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